The state courts system is recommending that judges get a pay raise of up to 62 percent after having their pay frozen since 1999.
The recommendations come in a report this week from chief administrative judge Ann Pfau to the state Commission on Judicial Compensation, which is evaluating the pay for the state's roughly 1,300 judges.
State Supreme Court judges receive a salary of $136,700, but Pfau recommended judges' salaries increase to as high as $220,836 to put them on par with other states, based on cost of living standards. She recommended a salary between $192,000 and $220,836.
Pfau called the recommendations "prudent and responsible." She said New York ranks last in the nation for judicial pay based on cost of living and 20th for actual salary.
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Courts Suggest as Much as 62% Pay Hike for N.Y. Judges
"Federal judges have seen a 27.3 percent pay raise since 1999, to $174,000, while state judges have seen zero."
ReplyDeleteIf Feds got 27.3, why should state judges get more?
Bad timing for a pay increase when the justice system is looked at as a joke by the average citizen.
ReplyDelete$136K is plenty and in fact is about $100K than the average citizen.
ReplyDeleteSo long as we lack the laws needed to prevent legal abuse, judges don't deserve what they are making now. In order to appreciate this, it might help to read about and watch the video at www.youtube.com/tvfields. This 30-minute video records an exchange between the president of the Ohio Probate Judges association and myself. When watching this video, you might ask yourself how often does a member of the public get to grill a judge like this. Please write me at tvfields@oh.rr.com to join the fight against legal abuse.
ReplyDeleteproof that crime pays and pays pretty darned good too
ReplyDeleteThe salary is a big issue for any New York judge nowadays. Also, the judge Elizabeth Klee resigned last month to be a partner at a law firm. Many studies show that judges leave annually.
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